heart

Origin & mnemonic

The heart radical (⼼) originates from a pictograph of the human heart organ. In oracle-bone and seal script, it was depicted as an elongated shape with internal dots or strokes to represent the chambers and vessels of the heart.

Mnemonic: The three-sided shape of the heart stroke resembles a heart with chambers inside.

• 愫sù🔊

  guileless

  13 strokes

• 愭qí🔊

  (literary) deferential

  13 strokes

• 愮yáo🔊

  distressed, agitated

  13 strokes

• 愯sǒng🔊

  old variant of 悚[song3]

  13 strokes

• 怆chuàng🔊

  mournful

  13 strokes

• 恺kǎi🔊

  joyful

  13 strokes

• 愼shèn🔊

  variant of 慎[shen4]

  13 strokes

• 忾kài🔊

  anger

  13 strokes

• 栗lì🔊

  chestnut

  13 strokes

• 慆tāo🔊

  rejoice

  13 strokes

• 慉xù🔊

  to foster

  13 strokes

• 慊qiàn🔊

  dissatisfied

  13 strokes

• 慑shè🔊

  variant of 懾|慑[she4]

  13 strokes

• 慥zào🔊

  sincere

  13 strokes

• 愿yuàn🔊

  (bound form) wish; hope; desire

  HSK 5

  14 strokes

• 慢màn🔊

  slow

  HSK 1

  14 strokes

• 㥯yǐn🔊

  cautious

  14 strokes

• 慁hùn🔊

  confused

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• 慇yīn🔊

  solicitous

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• 态tài🔊

  (bound form)

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• 慕mù🔊

  to admire

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• 慝tè🔊

  evil thought

  14 strokes

• 恸tòng🔊

  grief

  14 strokes

• 怄òu🔊

  to annoy

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• 慬qín🔊

  (literary) brave

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• 悭qiān🔊

  stingy

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• 慵yōng🔊

  lethargic

  14 strokes

• 慷kāng🔊

  used in 慷慨[kang1 kai3]

  14 strokes

• 憀liáo🔊

  to rely on

  14 strokes

• 懂dǒng🔊

  to understand

  HSK 2

  15 strokes

• 慰wèi🔊

  to comfort

  15 strokes

• 憋biē🔊

  to choke

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 憨hān🔊

  silly

  15 strokes

• 庆qìng🔊

  to celebrate

  15 strokes

• 怜lián🔊

  to pity

  15 strokes

• 怂sǒng🔊

  used in 慫恿|怂恿[song3 yong3]

  15 strokes

• 㦂cháng🔊

  old variant of 常[chang2]

  15 strokes

• 慜mǐn🔊

  clever

  15 strokes

• 慧huì🔊

  intelligent

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• 慭yìn🔊

  (literary) to wish; to prefer to

  15 strokes

• 虑lǜ🔊

  to think over

  15 strokes

• 慿píng🔊

  old variant of 憑|凭[ping2]

  15 strokes

• 忧yōu🔊

  to worry

  15 strokes

• 憃chōng🔊

  foolish; stupid; dull; silly

  15 strokes

• 憎zēng🔊

  to detest

  15 strokes

• 憔qiáo🔊

  used in 憔悴[qiao2 cui4]

  15 strokes

• 憧chōng🔊

  used in 憧憬[chong1 jing3]

  15 strokes

• 悯mǐn🔊

  to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for

  15 strokes